Dawn Bonfield


Dawn Bonfield MBE CEng FIMMM FICE FIStructE FWES is a Materials Engineer and Founder & Director of Towards Vision, a company which aims to work towards a vision of diversity and inclusion in engineering. She is Past President and former Chief Executive of the Women's Engineering Society, and in 2018 is an Ambassador for the , promoting engineering careers through a roadshow aimed at meeting parents. She was made MBE in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours list for 'Services to the promotion of diversity in engineering'. She is currently a , developing undergraduate content on Inclusive Engineering to equip our next generation of engineers with the skills and competencies they need to be inclusive. She is also Co-Founder of IncEng, a platform to bring together under-represented groups in engineering.
Whilst at WES in 2014 Dawn was the founder of National Women in Engineering Day and in 2015 established the inaugural 50 Women in Engineering List with the Daily Telegraph. She established and still runs the "Magnificent Women" schools outreach project, and the Sparxx project to support STEM students. Dawn is a STEM Ambassador who regularly promotes engineering and materials in schools.
A materials engineer by profession, training and experience - having studied Materials Science at Bath University - Dawn has worked at AERE Harwell, Citroen Research Centre, British Aerospace, MBDA, and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
In 2015 Dawn won a WISE Award and an Award for the INWED campaign, and in 2016 she won the Skills Diversity Award. In 2016 she was a Finalist in the Airbus GEDC Diversity Award, and in 2017 she won the STEM 'Starting Out' award.
Dawn is a member of a number of groups including: